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Daring doctor: Port Perry's Dr. Guntis Silins treats Merchant Roberts for sinus problems with acupuncture needes. Silins, bon in Sweden to Latvian parents, has taken his talents to China, Australia, South Africa and the Arctic. A skin diver, he also helped make a film called Free Dive about the efforts of severely handicapped young people.
Daring doctor: Port Perry's Dr. Guntis Silins treats Merchant Roberts for sinus problems with acupuncture needes. Silins, bon in Sweden to Latvian parents, has taken his talents to China, Australia, South Africa and the Arctic. A skin diver, he also helped make a film called Free Dive about the efforts of severely handicapped young people.

Daring doctor: Port Perry's Dr. Guntis Silins treats Merchant Roberts for sinus problems with acupuncture needes. Silins, bon in Sweden to Latvian parents, has taken his talents to China, Australia, South Africa and the Arctic. A skin diver, he also helped make a film called Free Dive about the efforts of severely handicapped young people.

Date3/29/1982
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  • Daring doctor: Port Perry's Dr. Guntis Silins treats Merchant Roberts for sinus problems with acupuncture needes. Silins, bon in Sweden to Latvian parents, has taken his talents to China, Australia, South Africa and the Arctic. A skin diver, he also helped make a film called Free Dive about the efforts of severely handicapped young people.
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Schafer Family: Reva and Kenneth Schafer, who adopted Peruvian infants Eli and Jordana in November, 1990, when Eli was ill, neede extra time with him
Schafer Family: Reva and Kenneth Schafer, who adopted Peruvian infants Eli and Jordana in November, 1990, when Eli was ill, neede extra time with him
Goode, Jeff
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Key Issue. 'More honesty is neede within the system' Paul Crawford won't give age Salesman
Key Issue. 'More honesty is neede within the system' Paul Crawford won't give age Salesman
Irish, Paul
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Seeing the sights: Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis gets some tourist tips from Diana Jervis-Read, Ontario's deputy chief of protocol, yesterday after leaving a Queen's Park meeting with Premier Bob Rae
Seeing the sights: Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis gets some tourist tips from Diana Jervis-Read, Ontario's deputy chief of protocol, yesterday after leaving a Queen's Park meeting with Premier Bob Rae
Spremo, Boris
12/6/1990
Seniors home: Dr. Janis Lusis, chairman, sits in the two-storey atrium of Kristus Darzs Home for the Aged being opened by the Latvian community on Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge, on Saturday.
Seniors home: Dr. Janis Lusis, chairman, sits in the two-storey atrium of Kristus Darzs Home for the Aged being opened by the Latvian community on Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge, on Saturday.
Griffin, Doug
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Dr. Alwin Parchment holds fine acupuncture needle. The Willowdale physician does not charge for acupuncture treatments.
Dr. Alwin Parchment holds fine acupuncture needle. The Willowdale physician does not charge for acupuncture treatments.
Lennon, Frank
3/14/1973
Past and present: Maria Solms and her son Tom, above, before he was severely injured with hit by a car nearly three years ago
Past and present: Maria Solms and her son Tom, above, before he was severely injured with hit by a car nearly three years ago
Combs, Erin
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Inventor: Richmond Hill High School student Chris Hook has developed a device that can help the severely disabled type on a computer by whistling, nooding or flexging a muscle
Inventor: Richmond Hill High School student Chris Hook has developed a device that can help the severely disabled type on a computer by whistling, nooding or flexging a muscle
Dexter, Brian
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Future Clouded: Naturopath students Michael Liebscher, left, and Angela Moore (performing acupuncture on David Wang) fear ability to practise will be curtailed
Future Clouded: Naturopath students Michael Liebscher, left, and Angela Moore (performing acupuncture on David Wang) fear ability to practise will be curtailed
Stuparyk, Michael
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Eddie Elliott treats patient John Daniel, kitchener, He spends five hours a day in a 95-degree pool
Eddie Elliott treats patient John Daniel, kitchener, He spends five hours a day in a 95-degree pool
Dinsmore, Ted
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He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
Goode, Jeff
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Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
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Calleja, Frank
5/4/1987
Winning Team: Scarborough physician Robert Brock treats Canadian Ice dance champion Jacqueline Petr's leg at the sports medicine clinic at North York General Hospital.
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